The Other Side of Tall Buildings: The Urban Habitat
Feb 2016 –
CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue I; Daniel Safarik, CTBUH
A growing number of tall buildings recognized by the CTBUH, through its international awards programs and research, are noteworthy not so much because of their sheer…

Construction of a 300-Meter Vertical City: Abeno Harukas
1 Sep 2015 –
International Journal of High-Rise Buildings Volume 4 Number 3; Kenichi Mizutani, Kiyoaki Hirakawa & Masato Nakashima, Takenaka Corporation
Abeno Harukas is the tallest building in Japan and is located in Abeno, which is one of the three main railway transport nodes in Osaka. This building has a height of 300…

Forging a Supertall Compact City
May 2015 –
CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue II; Tetsuo Harada & Masaomi Yonezu, Takenaka Corporation
Abeno Harukas is the tallest building in Japan and one of the world’s tallest buildings directly over a railway terminal. It connects the metropolitan area railway…

Highest Helipads
Jun 2014 –
CTBUH Journal, 2014 Issue II; CTBUH Research
In this installment of Tall Buildings in Numbers, CTBUH considers how helipads are used on skyscrapers, and which are the highest in the world. The results were somewhat…

The Skycourt - A Comparison of Four Case Studies
Feb 2009 –
CTBUH Journal, 2009 Issue I; Jason Pomeroy, Broadway Malyan
The effects of industrial capitalism and secularism have not only seen the fall of public man (Sennett 1976) but the slow disintegration of the public realm.